Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Principal, Enterprise Integration Architect & Application Development to lead the definition, governance, and evolution of enterprise integration and application architecture across global source to pay technology platforms.
This is a senior role responsible for shaping client’s enterprise integration strategy, driving modern application development practices, and ensuring scalable, secure, and future-ready technology ecosystems across SAP and non-SAP environments.
The successful candidate will operate as a principal technical authority, combining deep architectural expertise with delivery leadership to enable client’s business transformation, digital innovation, and operational excellence. The role spans integration architecture, application engineering strategy, and cross-programme governance, with particular focus on complex Source-to-Pay and enterprise business processes.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Architecture & Strategy
* Define client’s enterprise integration and application architecture vision aligned to business and digital strategy.
* Establish integration and application development standards, reference architectures, and governance frameworks.
* Lead enterprise integration strategy across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise ecosystems.
* Drive adoption of modern architecture patterns including API-led, event-driven, and microservices architectures.
* Develop integration and application roadmaps supporting organisational transformation initiatives.
Integration Architecture Leadership
* Serve as the principal authority for enterprise integration architecture across programmes and platforms.
* Design scalable, secure, and reusable integration frameworks across SAP, SaaS, and third-party systems.
* Lead architecture decisions spanning APIs, middleware, messaging, B2B/EDI, and data integration.
* Govern architectural compliance across delivery teams and strategic initiatives.
* Define enterprise integration patterns, accelerators, and reusable assets.
Application Development Leadership
* Establish engineering best practices for application development.
* Promote modern software development approaches including DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, and cloud-native engineering.
* Guide development team in designing resilient, maintainable, and high-performance applications.
* Drive application modernisation, rationalisation, and technical debt reduction initiatives.
* Enable alignment between integration architecture and application engineering models.
Programme & Delivery Leadership
* Provide architectural leadership across multiple client programmes and transformation initiatives.
* Translate complex business capabilities into scalable technical solutions.
* Lead cross-functional collaboration between architects, developers, functional consultants, and business stakeholders.
* Support planning, sequencing, dependency management, and risk mitigation across enterprise initiatives.
* Provide oversight across design reviews, solution assurance, and quality governance.
Technology Governance & Innovation
* Establish enterprise governance for integration platforms and application development.
* Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and platforms to support innovation and optimisation.
* Champion automation, AI, and platform engineering capabilities.
* Drive continuous improvement in delivery methodologies, tooling, and engineering maturity.
Stakeholder & Leadership Engagement
* Act as trusted advisor to senior technology and business leadership.
* Communicate architectural strategy and complex technical concepts to executive audiences.
* Influence enterprise technology decisions and investment priorities.
Required Skills & Experience
* 12+ years of experience in enterprise integration, architecture, or application engineering roles.
* Proven experience operating at enterprise or principal architect level focused on Source to Pay technologies.
* Extensive experience designing integration solutions across complex enterprise landscapes.
* Strong background across integration technologies such as:
* SAP Integration Suite / Cloud Integration (CPI)
* Middleware platforms (MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, webMethods, Azure Integration Services, or similar)
* SAP BTP
* Deep understanding of:
* API-led architecture
* Event-driven architecture
* Microservices and cloud-native design
* Distributed systems architecture
* Strong application development and engineering leadership experience.
* Experience integrating enterprise platforms including SAP ECC, S/4HANA, Ariba, Oracle, and SaaS applications.
* Expertise in API technologies (REST, SOAP), messaging frameworks, and integration security (OAuth, SAML, JWT).
* Strong knowledge of B2B and EDI standards (ANSI X12, EDIFACT, cXML, IDoc).
* Demonstrated leadership across large transformation programmes.
* Excellent stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience with SAP Ariba, Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG), and SAP BTP
* Experience defining enterprise architecture or technology strategies.
* Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP).
* Experience with DevSecOps, platform engineering, and automation frameworks.
* TOGAF, SAP, cloud, or integration platform certifications.